SIDELINES: FAME AND FIGURE 8's; Olympic Skaters Return to the Ice

By Gerald Eskenazi

Published: December 2, 1991

In a rare showdown of participants from three different Olympic Games, four acclaimed figure skaters will compete Saturday in the world professional championships.

The event at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., will include 1980 Olympic gold medalist ROBIN COUSINS of Britain, 1984 gold medalist SCOTT HAMILTON of the United States, 1988 silver medalist BRIAN ORSER of Canada and the defending professional champion, BRIAN BOITANO, who captured the Olympic gold in 1988.

Also, DEBI THOMAS, who finished third among women in the 1988 Olympics and went on to win the professional title in 1988 and 1989, will skate against the defending female champion, DENISE BIELLMANN of Switzerland. Former three-time United States champion ROSALYNN SUMNERS, who took the Olympic silver medal in 1984, will skate, too.

Photo: Debi Thomas will skate in the world championships Saturday. (Jose Lopez)